How to make the tense:How to use the tense:
Present Simple FormPresent Simple Use
Present Continuous FormPresent Continuous Use
Present Perfect Simple FormPresent Perfect Simple Use
Present Perfect Continuous FormPresent Perfect Continuous Use
Past Simple FormPast Simple Use
Past Continuous FormPast Continuous Use
Past Perfect Simple FormPast Perfect Simple Use
Past Perfect Continuous FormPast Perfect Continuous Use
Future Simple FormFuture Simple Use
Future Continuous FormFuture Continuous Use
Future Perfect Simple FormFuture Perfect Simple Use
Future Perfect Continuous FormFuture Perfect Continuous Use
What's The Difference?
  • How to choose: Future with 'will' or future with 'be going to'?
  • How to choose: Present Perfect or Past Simple?
  • How to choose: Present Simple or Present Continuous?
  • How to choose: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?
Here are a few more things you might find useful:
  • Tenses Cheatsheet
  • This is a printable PDF of all the verb tenses and how to form them.
  • Grammar Exercises
  • This is a list of all the grammar exercises on this site, about verb tenses and other things.
  • Present Simple Spelling Changes
  • This is an explanation of how we sometimes need to change the spelling of a verb with 'he, she, it' in the present simple, for example why 'cry' becomes 'cries' but 'play' is 'plays'.
  • Adverbs of Frequency
  • Adverbs of Frequency are words like 'often' 'sometimes' 'never'. This page shows you how to use them with the present tense and where to put them in the sentence. I also explain about longer phrases like 'from time to time'.
  • Irregular Verbs, Lists and Exercises
  • How to pronounce 'ed'
  • How do you pronounce 'stopped'? Many students say 'stop-id' instead of 'stopt'. This page explains the rules of pronunciation for regular past simple verbs and past participles (verbs that end with 'ed')
  • Stative verbs
  • We can't use some verbs, like 'know' or 'believe' in continuous tenses. This page has lists and explanations.